Ramada Malpensa

Location. The Ramada Malpensa is located in Oleggio, Italy, 10 kilometres from Milan Malpensa Airport and 45 kilometres from the shopping centre of Milan. The nearest train stations are two kilometres away in Oleggio, and nine kilometres by the airport. Hotel Features. A modern hotel with a minimalist style, the Ramada Malpensa's foyer is open and light, while the rest of the hotel has warm coloured decor and dark woods. There is a 24-hour front desk, and the hotel lobby offers television, wireless Internet access, and complimentary newspapers. There is complimentary parking on site.

The Ramada Malpensa Riverstone Restaurant has the feel of a conservatory with wide windows and a water fountain, and serves a menu inspired by local Piemontese cuisine. The second restaurant serves Asian food, and cocktails are available at the bar.

A modern congress centre is available for meetings hosting up to 280 delegates. Fax, photocopying, wireless Internet access, and secretarial services are available.

There is a fitness centre at the hotel, and spa services with an open-air swimming pool. Nearby activities include water sports on Lake Maggiore, and skiing up in the mountains. Three golf courses lie within 10 kilometres of the hotel.

Guestrooms. The 126 rooms and six junior suites have a contemporary, light and colourful design. All are air conditioned, with direct-dial phones, wireless Internet access, satellite television, safes, wheelchair accessibility, minibars, and microwaves available on request.

Expert Tip. The islands on Lake Maggiore have unusual attractions. As well as their famous gardens, the villa on Isola Madre houses a puppet theatre designed by the architect of La Scala. The smaller Isola Bella, fanciful and fantastic, has an extraordinary baroque palace with fake caves and black mirrors in the basement, and it is set within a park inhabited by white peacocks.